Ranking is 1100! Bonus - Other game reviews!

Again, League has dominated the majority of my free time that I spend gaming.

Not that this is not a bad thing, but it does put me at odds with delivering on other games updates. I strive to give my input on a variety of games, so that anyone might find something of interest here.

There are 4 games other than League currently on my radar.

First up is Audition.

This game is pretty ridiculously awesome. It's keyboard Dance Dance Revolution with some pretty fantastic tracks including some current hip-hop and pop tunes. While I don't normally listen to that music, it does make for a fun dance experience. 

Next comes Star Wars: The Old Republic.

I cannot say enough good about this game. From the companion system to being able to make your own choices that change how NPC's treat you, this game is innovative and fun, and has me rolling alternate characters because I want to learn all the stories and feel out all the move sets. Definitely a great game worth checking out.

A game I will always have a secret love affair with is Maple Story. 

This game just went through some massive updates making it more friendly and fun than ever.

I dont think I can stop playing this game for very long, it always pulls me back in with it's sidescrolling goodness and the fact that you feel transported back in time to when games were good and you sat in front of your TV with that SNES controller in hand. 

On a final note, Dota 2 is awesome.

I cant say much about it, but I eagerly await the full launch.

In League related news, I really need to start watching the tournaments. Every time I sit down to watch, within 5 minutes I want to play myself and close my stream...sounds like I need to get a second monitor. Maybe I will this tax return season.

I have found that I have been playing so much support I was neglecting my other champion options. Nasus was always a really cool champion, in my opinion, as he wields a badass polearm and has some great voice acting/quotes. See the win below with him!

Here are some of my wins for the week, I'm climbing in rank!

Gotta give another shout out to Selvanis and now Jobraham for being in some of my wins this week. Good games men.

Feel free to add me if you'd like a support, carry, top, jungle, or whatever your team might need.

No update atm on the stream, however, due to technical difficulties.

On a side note, I may start to play ranked 5's if I can find the time to schedule the games. 

So long for now. 

League and SW:ToR with Dubstep!

Hey all, I'm back again with another update!

The league bug has really bitten me and I've been getting back in the swing of things, I'm still working out technical difficulties with my stream, but I should have it up and running soon. 

Stream disappointments aside, I've been still sitting right around 1k ranking in league, but have pushed above the 1k mark, and look forward to being at 1100 soon. 

I'll have some wins/losses at the bottom, check out the Soraka ones...I'm particularly proud of them. A good judge of your support is that their assists are at least half of the total kills on the team. In addition their deaths should be less than a quarter of the other teams total kills. You get more leniency against deaths than other players because you will be focused if you are playing well enough to garner that many assists. The other team knows that in order to win in team fights, they have to kill you.

I've also been really into Star Wars: The Old Republic. Maybe not quite as much as I should be, with all the League I've been focusing on, but it still strikes me as a beautiful and well crafted game. 

I've been playing just about every alt you can think of, and I still cannot figure out my favorite class. Currently I'm working on a Sith Sorcerer. I love the spell casting in this game!

One thing I really appreciate with SW:ToR is that they have a beautiful space combat system. It's an "On-Rails" system, so you have a set path your ship flies, but space itself is beautiful and it feels like a throwback to the old Star Wars space games. 

Two more things before the spam of League related wins/losses, first on youtube.com there is a user named ZeroVWXYZ who has an amazing collection of "Dubstep Music To Play *League of Legends Character*". I was blow away by how amazingly crafted this users selection of music was. He perfectly fit the music to the character that was featured. If you like Dubstep/Techno and need some good music to play League to, check it out.

Secondly, a shout out to Selvanis who's featured in a number of these games, including the amazing Caitlyn in one of my best matches yet. If anyone wants to friend me and get some games in, by all means, drop me a request. 

So long for now. 

League of Legends

Lately I've been playing a lot of League of Legends. Now I'm not fantastic at this game, my goal is to get to the top of the bracket system, or at least out of Elo Hell, as it's been dubbed. 

For those of you who don't know what Elo Hell is, Elo is a rating system first used in chess. The Elo system is basically a made up number that represents how much better or worse than you are vs another player. You get more points for beating a higher ranked player than a lower ranked. Elo Hell is the point at which you are trading your wins for losses nearly 1:1 or winning a few, then losing even more. A lot of players experience this.

I will also be soon getting a stream (as long as it's approved) on own3d.tv which I am super excited about. Look forward to live games there!

Anyways, you don't read this to hear me complain, so here are some screenshots of my games yesterday! A few wins and a loss.

Have any favorite champions or characters you'd like to see me play? 

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Dream Gaming Accessories

I know I haven't posted in awhile, but I was absolutely inspired when my girlfriend got me an amazing headset for Christmas.  The sound quality is fantastic, and my friends say that they can hear me clearer than ever.

This headset inspired me to come up with a list of other accessories that I'd love to have for those long gaming sessions.

1:  $70, 2:  $165, 3:  $88, 4:  $149, 5:  $80
I would love to have these items in my gaming arsenal, are there any favorites that you have?